Timber Stand Improvement | Talk and Q&A | Field Days at The Proving Grounds 2
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2023
- Listen to Grant talk and answer questions about Timber Stand Improvement from our in-person Field Days event at The Proving Grounds 2. TSI has created tons of quality food and cover on the Proving Grounds, and we're applying the same techniques at The Proving Grounds 2. Grant shares what we've done and what you can do to achieve the same results on your property.
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Thank you for putting this together I enjoyed every second of it
Love listening to these talks. Incredible insights and wisdom.
Totally agree on hinge cutting! I seen that on CZcams and said there is no way in hell I’m doing that 😂😂
Awesome video, Grant.
Nice to share this given what it cost to actually be there. Thanks
I’m trying hack n squirt first time tomorrow, I’ve cut sweet gums down and then got a ton of shoots from stump and it’s tiring hauling tree parts off as well. I’m going to terminate big trees standing and let them just degrade standing over coming years like Dr Grant says, so easy.
Have fun and please share updates!
For those made in the image, seeking wildlife knowledge…Messiah-tastic!
I will take a mineral stump dogwood over any hinge cut tree any day. I have seen my deer feeding on ground level to 2" dogwood regrowth for 15 minutes on the edge of an alfalfa field. Just like they were eating the desert first! And if you want it gone, you can bushog it down for the first few years.
Always great information, Grant! But what about if you have some bottomland hardwoods bordering your upland hardwood/ pine? I haven't been able to find information on the best management for that type of forest.
Bottomland hardwoods can be thinned, but it takes active management to keep thinned stands of bottom land hardwoods in quality habitat.
Dr Grant needs a free entry “fan challenge”, He can go to a very topographically challenging Oak dominated 150 in east central AL and tell them what he thinks. I’ll enter right now. Just did.
Ha! We try to give free info away weekly, year round
The powers that be here in NH don't allow us to burn like that here. We had a lot of forest fires here in the 1930s and 40s due to poor forest management. Lots of fir and pine tops were left that burned in major fires.
We have very few red cedar though. Invasives are coming fast though Japanese knotweed, buckthorn, vines are filling in open areas.
Grant, I was interested to hear you say that you target Hickories FIRST when cutting trees for TSI, and THEN ELMS, etc.
I would have thought that the elms would be first.
Can you elaborate on this?
Depends what species you have. This is not a hard set rule. Generally speaking hickories are more prolific so if you target them you are taking out more canopy... but if you have more elm/maple target those first.
Lonnie - Hickories tend to be very prolific in many areas. Each site may have a different list of species to prioritize. However, hickories are dominate throughout most hardwood forest.
Oklahoma here. Cedar trees on the property edges (visual break) are a fire disaster. Neighbors wild fire just became your wild fire . Dry cedars almost explode when fire hits them. NO cedars is best .
I agree! Folks wanting more eastern red cedars must not live where cedars are an issue.
I just wish I was younger where I could have tried to be an intern
Dr. Woods,
What are your 5 top books/journals to read? Doesn’t have to be habit specific.
Great question! I really enjoy reading so narrowing my options to five is tough. I'll give it a shot.
1. The Bible. The most misunderstood and the most accurate book (based on secular studies). Read it daily..
2. I book by an early (pre settlement) explorer where you hunt. This is the best way to understand what the area looked before settlers altered the landscape. You may not restore the habitat to be like that, but knowing what species, timber types, stand densities, etc., is a great way to create a habitat management plan that will be very productive in that location!
3. The Comfort Crisis. I relatively new book that should make all readers make an honest evaluation of their physical and mental lives.
4. Money - Master the Game by Tony Robbins. Money impacts our lives daily - who and how we can help folks, provide for our families, etc. This book explains money management principles in an accurate and easy to understand format.
5. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Goodness if more folks read and practiced the simple principles in these five books, the world would be so much better!
Grant, I know you often talk about reading and books that have helped you form your current process to work with Mother Nature. What are your favorite few books?
1. The Bible
2. Hunting and Trading on the Great Plains, 1859-1875
3. Soil to Dirt
4. Dr. Milton Rafferty’s "Rude Pursuits and Rugged Peaks: Schoolcraft’s Ozark Journal, 1818-1819"
5. A Shepherd of the Hills!
Appreciate it!
Should we be making water available for deer, turkey, quail? & how/what's best or working?
Most places have plenty of water as deer seem to prefer small water holes and turkeys and quail will drink from a cupped leaf, etc.
What about using Tordon RTU for hack and squirt and/or double girdle?
Adam - Tordon works good for some species.
I live in central fla and have a 60 acre plot and it's mostly palm trees do you have any advice for TSI
What's your objectives? If they are to attract deer and turkeys, I always start by considering what's on the adjoining properties and creating a plan that adds the most limited resources (food, cover, or water) to the property where I'm working. Hope this helps!
Man people in Ky hate cutting cedars. I hate cedars except for screening as well. They’re popping up everywhere. Invasive
Do you have a formula for hack and squirt that's effective on Mesquite?
Checkout:pubs.nmsu.edu/_b/B822/index.html
@@GrowingDeerTV thanks.
What is the gentlemen’s company name that you are contracting to help cut and burn who is speaking with you in this video?
Write me at info@GrowingDeer.com
Why not use Tordon?
Doug - Tordon is great for some species but this blend will control a wider range of species.
This guy making a great case for how settlers have mismanaged land in America since 1492…
Scott - there's almost no forest left in the USA that dates back to 1942. The settlers and pioneers were surviving and built a nation! They used the best tools and techniques at the time. As we learn more, let's all be better stewards of the natural resources.
Be humble.
The planting of pines by the government and propaganda was so bad
You talk to much. To many words for simple explanations
Sorry you don't like my delivery style.
Y’all need to tell Lee and Tiffany all this they do things wrong.
I'm sure they have a reason for what they are doing. They manage in ag country and likely count on production crops to provide critters quality forage.